Senior Manufacturing Engineering Manager

**** ********** *** ***. **** • TAMPA, FLORIDA ***24

PHONE: 813-***-**** • E-MAIL: **********.**@*****.***

MICHAEL SALAZAR

OBJECTIVE

To obtain an Engineering leadership position with major responsibilities that will effectively utilize my communication, leadership, teamwork, technical skills contributing to customer satisfaction, company growth, and increased profit using Lean concepts and Six Sigma methodologies.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

University of South Florida, College of Engineering, Tampa, FL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

June 2014– May 2025 Sypris Electronics, LLC Tampa, FL

Senior Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Built a high-performing, collaborative, and inclusive team that helps each other with a willingness to learn and teach each other.

Play a key role in people-related initiatives, including recruiting, onboarding, performance management, and training.

Lead innovative and high performing manufacturing engineers in support of high-profile production programs for Space and Defense electronic assemblies and box level build.

Managed innovative and high performing test engineers responsible for development and support of flying probe, ICT, functional acceptance, environmental vibration, and thermal testing.

Lead innovative and high performing maintenance team responsible for preventative maintenance and repairing all manufacturing equipment. Achieving 95% OTD preventative maintenance schedules resulting in minimizing equipment downtime.

Managed innovative and high performing manufacturing technicians responsible for programming and supporting SMT placement, Reflow oven, Inline Automated Optical Inspecting (AOI), Inline Automated X-Ray Inspection (AXI), Selective Soldering, Wave Soldering, Automation conforming coating, Dispensing, and Underfill equipment.

Launch functional test automation (NI LabView software) efforts to reduce manual test cycle times. Resulting 72% and 79% reduction.

Planned yearly and long-term capital equipment strategy. Responsible for evaluation, selection, justify need, and implementation of capital equipment.

Utilized 3D printing capabilities to reduce coat masking cycle process time by 50%.

Responsible for calibration requirements for production tools and test equipment. Achieving 100% OTD calibration due dates.

Technical lead for developing vibration fixtures, vibration surveying and programming vibration profiles.

Coach and supported thermal cycling profiling and creating thermal profiles.

Develop BOE, detailed test development quotes, and proposals.

Invented common based test platform approach for power supply testing as a business development growth.

Developed Individual Development Plans for high achieving engineers and technicians are greater job growth.

Trained in Toyota Production System (TPS) 8-step problem solving methodology.

Use lean principles to analyze and improve material flow and plan layouts to optimize production efficiency, safety, quality, costs, and remove waste throughout all processes.

Member of leadership driving PFMEA risk management company culture.

Supported all certification and accredited audits (ISO 9001, AS9100, Nadcap)

Feb 2013–June 2014 Sypris Electronics, LLC Tampa, FL

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Lead team of manufacturing engineers in support of high-profile production programs for Space and Defense electronic assemblies.

Managed manufacturing engineering support of DO/DX rated programs.

Support NPI in design, test, and implementation in order to build in quality by lessons learned.

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified and Black Belt trained.

Drive true RCCA projects using Six Sigma DMAIC process for internal non-conformances and field returns.

Technical lead for developing vibration fixtures, vibration surveying and programming vibration profiles.

Coach and support thermal cycling survey and creating thermal profiles.

Develop BOE, detailed test development quotes, and proposals.

Supported all certification and accredited audits (ISO 9001, AS9100, Nadcap)

Nov 2004–Feb 2013 Sypris Electronics, LLC Tampa, FL

Senior Production Engineer/Senior Test Engineer

Engineering Lead managing New Product Introduction, process development, electronic work instruction creation, incorporation of Engineering Change Orders, and Layout Change Requests for 7 programs (build-to-print).

Responsible for 7 programs as Production Engineer and Test Engineer with consistent floor support.

Improve build processes by use of value stream mapping and new cell layouts including 5S implementation.

Developing and maintaining EWI’s, SOD’s, and forms in accordance with ISO procedures ad Sypris SOP’s

Developing test plans & test procedures for functional test, vibration test, and thermal cycling test.

Designed vibration fixtures and programmed vibration profiles (Sine and Random) for environmental stress screening (ESS).

Setup and validation (Gage R&R) of test platforms for functional acceptance test.

Analyze process and test yields to identify area for improvements using Six Sigma tools.

Performed MIL-STD-810 testing on internal designed and manufactured products (KOV, SDS, and KIV-19).

Successfully transferred testing activities on products from Sypris Data Systems in Denver, Colorado to Tampa plant as the lead test engineer.

Received Sypris Chairman’s Award for high performer as Test Engineer on my assigned programs.

May 2001-Oct 2004 Raytheon Systems St. Petersburg, FL

RF\Microwave Engineer

Managed production support for Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) Airborne program as RF Lead Engineer.

Responsible for solving design issues, test support, system integration, reliability and troubleshooting transmitter modules.

Utilized Six Sigma tools to improve Field Effect Transistor (FET) test fixture which reduced failure rate to 1% and total savings of over $250,000.

Assisted in uncovering reason for FET’s drain lead fusing. As a result, increased reliability.

Improved production cycle time and yield enhancement for Power Amplifier Receiver.

Developed test procedures for FET, transceiver module, and Power Amplifier Receiver module testing.

Received Spot Award – Outstanding effort given in achieving early delivery dates with incentive totaling over 1 million dollars.

Jan 1998-May 2001 Raytheon Systems Marlborough, MA

RF/Microwave Engineer

Designed portions of RF circuit cards and system level testing for Tri-band RF synthesizers and VME synthesizers.

Assisted in improving output power and circuit card functionality by redesigning output matching circuit.

Support Trak Microwave and Sypris Electronics in the build to print issues, test development, design verification, and troubleshooting.

Improved test yield by discovering RF switch poor grounding cause low gain issues.

Trained technicians in troubleshooting various RF/Microwave circuit cards.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office Applications, Adobe Acrobat, Aegis CircuitCam, MicroMain

MRP/ERP Systems: Baan A&D, PLEX

Configuration Management: PLM, Arena

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Currently hold Secret Security Clearance

Active member of BAMA (Bay Area Manufacturers Association)

Thank you for your consideration.

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